Cabinet-maker&#39;s work-bench.



Nn. 682,883. Patented Sept. I7, |90I. S. NEUDERMANN. CABINET MAKEHS WURK BENCH.

(Application med. July S, 1900. Renewed Hay 15, 1901.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet I.

atto/nung No. 682,883. Patented Sept. I7, I90I.

` S.NEUDEBMANN. n

CABINET MAKERS WORK BENCH.

(Application tiled July 3, 1900. Renewed May 15, 1901.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

UNrrEn STATESN PATENT OEEICE.

soLEMAN NEUDEEMANN, or DES MOINES, IowA.

CABINET-MAKERS WORK-BENCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 682,883, dated September 1'7, 1901. Application iiled July 3,1990. Renewed May 15,1901. Serial No, 60.399. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be itknown thatl, SOLEMAN NEUDERMANN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Des Moines, in the county of Polk and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cabinet- Makers Work- Benches; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to a novel and convenient form of work-bench for woodworkers in general 5 and the object is to provide a simple inexpensive device of this character, whereby the workman can instantly clamp or release the work without using his hands.

To this end the invention consists in a spring-actuated clamping jaw or vise and a coacting treadle for retracting 'the jaw.

The invention further consists in the manner of supporting and adjusting the steadypin on which that portion of the work not held by the vise is supported.

The invention further consists in the oonstruction, combination, and arrangement of the several elements of the device, as will hereinafter be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings the same reference characters indicate the same parts of the device.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my irnproved work-bench. Fig. 2 is an end elevation. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. the line 44 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a vertical longitudinal section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2.

1 and 2 denote the front and 3 and 4 the rear legs, the legs 1 and 3 being connected by the transverse braces 5 5 and the end board 6, and the legs 2 and 4 by the transverse brace 7 and the end board 8, while the legs l and 2 are connected by the side board 9, and the legs 3 and 4 by the corresponding side board 10, and the whole surmounted by the plane top 12.

13 denotes the vise-jaw, mounted parallel with the leg 1 and the side board 9, which latter forms the stationary jaw of the vise. The lower end of the jaw 13 carries a guide- Fig. 4 is a similar view on,

brace 14, which is adjustably secured in the lower end of the leg 1 by means of the pin 15, removably secured in the holes 16 in said brace. t

17 denotes a plate ixed to the inner face of the jaw 13, and it is provided with a yoke 18, the loop of which extends through the side board 9 and leg-1 and is secured to the hooks 19 19 on the compound pressure-springs 2O 20, the opposite ends of which are secured to the bolt 2l, passing through the leg 3. From the looped end of the yoke 18 a flexible cable 22 extends around the grooved guide-pulleys 23 24 and its end fixed to the vertical arm of a bell-crank lever 25, fulcrumed on the studbolt 26, fixed in the side board 9, and from the horizontal arm of said bell-crank lever a rod or cable 27 extends to a treadle 28, so that by pressing downward on the treadle the jaw 13 is moved away from the board 9 to permit the insertion of a piece of work, and by releasing the treadle the springs 20 20 are allowed to exert their tension and draw the movable jaw up and clamp the work in place.

29 29 denote a series of guide-holes arranged in different horizontal planes to receive the steady-pin 30, which is mounted in the parallel arms 31 3l of the rectangular frame 32 on the stud-screws 33 33, xed in the side boards. The steady-pin is provided with a spiral spring 34, which serves to project it through either of the guide-holes to which it may be alined, and it is also provided With a limit-pin 35 to limit its movement through the side board 9. When not in use, this steady-pin is set between the holes so that its free end rests against the inner face of theboard 9, and therefore is not in the way of the workman when not in use.

It will of course be understood that various changes in the form,proportion,and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacriiicing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. In combination, the bench, the movable jaw, the yoke lixed to the jaw, and the tension-springs havin g one end fixed tothe bench and the other tothe yoke, the treadle, and the IOS) In testimony whereof I haveherennto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

SOLEMAN lNEUDElMANN.

flexible cord connect-ing the yoke and treadle, substantiaily as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In combination, the bench provided with the guide-holes 2S) and the spring-actuated 5 steady-pin adapted to be removably secured Vitnesses:

in either of said guide-holes, substantially as :md for the purpose set forth. Y

A. J. ZWART, R. H. COLLINS. 

